Robin Saulnier Masson
Evolutionary and Functional Morphology | Ph.D. student @lib-morpholab.bsky.social ; @leibnizlib.bsky.social ; @uni-hamburg.de | M.S. @universitedeliege.bsky.socia ; @FUNEVOL_MNHN | B.A. @ Université de Franche-Comté
- Reposted by Robin Saulnier MassonNew publication from my lab, led by @njorisfleck.bsky.social! 🧪 We explore the diversity and origins of a genus of tiny frogs 🐸 on an isolated mountain in north Madagascar. A cool case study of both in-situ diversification and repeated colonisation! vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com/article/1664...
- Reposted by Robin Saulnier Masson🚨PhD position available!🚨🧪 I am seeking a talented PhD student to join my ERC StG project GEMINI, to explore the exciting world of vertebrate genomics and comparative genomics, seeking to understand the genomics of miniaturisation! 🦇🦎🦜🐸🐟🦈 🤏🧬 Deadline: 4 Jan 2026! employment.ku.dk/phd?show=153...
- Reposted by Robin Saulnier MassonOlfaction written in bones 👃🧠🦴🧬 Thrilled to see our latest study showing that the olfactory bulb endocast is a reliable proxy for mammalian olfaction, now published in @pnas.org www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Thread 👇
- Reposted by Robin Saulnier MassonThe first digital anatomical atlases of the chameleon skull, nervous system & cranial & hyolingual muscles are published, including lesson plans to bridge a gap between theoretical knowledge & hands-on analysis in comparative anatomy anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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- Reposted by Robin Saulnier MassonLarge-eyed animals like owls 🦉 have a trade-off between large eyes & short optic nerves, which lowers eye mobility (to compensate they evolved swivelly necks) But chameleons 🦎 have long, coiled optic nerves with extra slack for eye mobility, allowing them to use their famous large swivelly eyes 👀🧪🌏
- Reposted by Robin Saulnier Masson📢 We have an open position for a postdoc to join my lab. It's a great position @animecol-uu.bsky.social, fully salaried for 2.5 years with all benefits. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/... The project is about transmission patterns of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in aquatic insects. 🧬🦠 (1/3)
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- Reposted by Robin Saulnier MassonHello, microanatomy &/or salamander enthusiasts! If you’re a master’s student, I might have an exciting internship for you on the microanatomy of a broad sample of salamanders! What: long bones microanatomy Where: SMNS Contact: morgan.proust@smns-bw.de
- Reposted by Robin Saulnier MassonFour generic frogs? No! These are members of four different FAMILIES from Europe, Borneo, Madagascar, and East Africa, convergently evolved on the generic brown frog morphotype! 🧪🐸
- Reposted by Robin Saulnier MassonThrilled to announce version 2.0 of my poster featuring some of Madagascar's endemic frog species, to scale! This version features 176 species—40 more than version 1.1 (now retired)! Check it out! 🐸🧪 www.redbubble.com/i/poster/Som...
- Reposted by Robin Saulnier MassonAre you tired of people constantly overestimating body size of marine reptiles? No longer! We provide equations to estimate body size in ichthyosaurians, mosasaurids, and thalattosuchians. 1/4
- Last week: #SEH2025 in Bonn ! I gave my very first talk, about the Homology of the shoulder joint and forelimb muscles #anura. I hope to submit the paper later this year, so stay tuned 😉 Many thanks to the organisers of this congress ! #SEH2025 #herpetology #anura #amphibian #frog #toad
